Got my M5A99X EVO (refurb), A 4GB Crucial Ballistix Sport 1600MHz stick and a "refurbished" Hyper 212+ today from Geeks.com. The awesome news was that they actually sent me a Hyper 212+ EVO which looked brand new (a steal for $13) and the RAM I'm going to swap with my E350 APU box so I can get my old Ripjaws back. The M5A99X came in a plain box with ASUS Refurbished tape and a bag with just about all the accessories, and the board works. However, the bad news is that the middle white PCIe slot is broken and nothing is recognized in it, so I had to change my plans and throw my 550 Ti and GT 440 in this machine in top/bottom slots. Don't want to spend $15 shipping the damn thing back, especially when there aren't any left at Geeks anyway. Despite that, I hope it continues working for at least a year as I only paid $90 for it.

Got my M5A99X EVO (refurb), A 4GB Crucial Ballistix Sport 1600MHz stick and a "refurbished" Hyper 212+ today from Geeks.com. The awesome news was that they actually sent me a Hyper 212+ EVO which looked brand new (a steal for $13) and the RAM I'm going to swap with my E350 APU box so I can get my old Ripjaws back. The M5A99X came in a plain box with ASUS Refurbished tape and a bag with just about all the accessories, and the board works. However, the bad news is that the middle white PCIe slot is broken and nothing is recognized in it, so I had to change my plans and throw my 550 Ti and GT 440 in this machine in top/bottom slots. Don't want to spend $15 shipping the damn thing back, especially when there aren't any left at Geeks anyway. Despite that, I hope it continues working for at least a year as I only paid $90 for it.

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Those are great boards... got one in my main rig!

As far as condition, I think you can RMA direct to ASUS and get a brand new one if this is one is messed up... as far as I know the warranty by serial # back to date of manufacture???

I feel like a jack ass......................... I was wonder how I pulled 3K points today since I had moved all my rigs over to ChimPowerUp. Well Just checked my 940BE and 2600K and low and behold WCG and F@H were running at the same time

If things continue to work for me and my girl, we plan on moving into a two bedroom apartment. In that case I can have a spare room just for PC's. At that point I will also be making more money. So then I can build a nice little farm. In the meantime I cannot have more than two crunchers , which sucks.

If things continue to work for me and my girl, we plan on moving into a two bedroom apartment. In that case I can have a spare room just for PC's. At that point I will also be making more money. So then I can build a nice little farm. In the meantime I cannot have more than two crunchers , which sucks.

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Atleast you have two CPU's with HT! Your I7-950 probably puts out more than my Phenom II/Athlon X4 combined.